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London Film Festival's 68th edition will open with Steve McQueen's Blitz on October 9 and run until October 20. Among the film's screening is Cannes Grand Prix winner All We Imagine As Light.

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Happyend
Best friends Yuta and Kou are on the brink of graduating from high school in a near-future Tokyo where the threat of a catastrophic earthquake casts a shadow over daily life.
The Balconettes
The Balconettes
Three women get stuck in a Marseille apartment during a heatwave.
The Ballad Of Suzanne Césaire
The Ballad Of Suzanne Césaire
Hybrid biopic about the Martinican writer and activist.
Harvest
Harvest
Over seven hallucinatory days, a village with no name, in an undefined time and place, disappears.
Weightless
Weightless
A grief-stricken amnesiac tries to regain his memory.
Seeking Mavis Beacon
Seeking Mavis Beacon
Launched in the late Eighties, educational software Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing taught millions globally, but the program's Haitian-born cover model vanished decades ago. Two DIY investigators search for the unsung cultural icon, while questioning notions of digital security, AI, and Black representation in the digital realm.
April
April
After a newborn dies during delivery, the morals and professionalism of an ob-gyn, Nina, come under scrutiny amid rumors that she performs illegal abortions for those in need.
I'm Your Venus
I'm Your Venus
Documentary considering the unsolved murder of Paris Is Burning star Venus Xtravaganza.
When Autumn Falls
When Autumn Falls
Michelle, a model grandmother, is enjoying peaceful retirement in a Burgundy village, close to her best friend Marie-Claude. On All Saints' Day, her daughter Valérie arrives to drop off her grandson Lucas for the school holiday week. But nothing will go to plan.
Sister Midnight
Sister Midnight
Black comedy about a woman trying to navigate a newly arranged marriage.
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London Film Festival Features

Imagine a world...
Noémie Merlant and Sanda Codreanu on female friendships, bodies and The Balconettes
Without words
Elín Hall on the stripped down dialogue of When The Light Breaks
An education
Eloïse King on exploring the international essay industry in Shadow Scholars
Taking the plunge as 'angel and devil'
French actor Félix Kysyl on his first lead role in Misericordia
'There is a bit of me in lots of the characters I create'
Misericordia director Guiraudie on his tale of the unexpected
The outlaw
Karan Kandhari on artistic inspirations and Sister Midnight
'She's a character who is almost experiencing performance anxiety'
Laura Carreira on buidling character with her cast and cinematographer in On Falling
'There's a certain pleasure to cinematic artifice'
Matthew Rankin on world-building and catharsis in Universal Language
Looking back
RaMell Ross on basketball, filmmaking, overcoming objectification and Nickel Boys
Peering into the heart of darkness
Jeremy Strong on playing Roy Cohn in The Apprentice
Going for gold
Sebastian Stan on playing Donald Trump in The Apprentice
Beautiful and difficult
Sandhya Suri on semi-urban outposts, moral ambiguity and Santosh
'I think there is a wisdom to children that adults lose sight of'
Matthew Rankin on liminal spaces and child's play in Universal Language
A little unpredictability
Payal Kapadia on cinematic inspirations and All We Imagine As Light
Reflections of a cat
Gints Zilbalodis on Hayao Miyazaki, fairy tales and Latvia’s Oscar submission, Flow
'I’m still enjoying the process of talking about Julie and advocating for her silence'
Leonardo van Dijl on Belgian Oscar nominee Julie Keeps Quiet
Leaning to darkness
Aislinn Clarke on the Na Sidhe, Ireland's troubled history, and Fréwaka
Well seasoned
François Ozon, Hélène Vincent and Josiane Balasko on creating characters of a certain age in When Fall Is Coming
Art, friendship and nature
Tilda Swinton on dressing for Pedro Almodóvar, and The Room Next Door
'I always thought that losing my mother also was discovering her'
Sylvia Le Fanu on bringing her own experience of grief to My Eternal Summer
'It is impossible to escape memory'
Director Fabrice du Welz on the lingering trauma of the real case behind Maldoror and the questions he hopes to provoke
Last minute London Film Festival highlights
Films to catch that still have tickets available
'Our life is defined by work. I think it's consuming us'
Laura Carreira on the gig economy and loneliness in her Silver Shell-winner On Falling
Concrete ideas
Alessandro Nivola on Costantino Nivola, Le Corbusier, and The Brutalist
Breaking the mould
Memoir Of A Snail director Adam Elliot on creating textured underdogs and emotional conflict
Audiard on a crazy musical spree in Mexico
Director on changing identity, democracy and drug cartels
At last Maddin makes mischief in Cannes
G7 satire star power for Rumours filmmaker
Arnold reveals the naked truth
Cannes award-winning director of Bird on how images spark imagination
'I couldn't stay indifferent'
Ilyas Yourish on his motivations for making documentary Kamay
Contemplating change
Cécile Embleton and Alys Tomlinson on filmmaking and life choices in Mother Vera
'I start working from a very intellectual perspective, but then it's a lot of intuition'
Nelson Carlo de Los Santos Arias on experimentation and storytelling in Pepe

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